Re: [Ietf-and-github] Alexey Melnikov's Yes on draft-ietf-git-using-github-05: (with COMMENT)

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

HI Francesca (and Alexey),

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, at 21:54, Alexey Melnikov via Datatracker wrote:
> I see the value of the document stating: "if you use GitHub, this is the best
> practice, if you want to follow it." The document motivates covering GitHub by
> stating that it has "a very large community of contributors". I still think
> some additional considerations should be there about using other services,
> possibly having IETF hosting a git server, even by saying "it is out of scope
> of this document" (implying it might be covered by a different BCP?).

As has been reiterated elsewhere, this is something that the charter and working group covered extensively.  There are many lamentable things about the current situation, but I believe that this approach has consensus already.
 
> Section 4.1 "When deciding to use GitHub..."
> I'd like a sentence saying that WG chairs SHOULD evaluate over time and MAY
> change these policies based on the WG experience. I do think what described in
> this document is very valuable, but let's not forget that each WG is different
> and might need to make tweaks on the way, to get the best out of it. -- Just
> reached Section 5 where this is stated. Still think it would be good to have it
> in Section 4.1 as well.

I've tweaked Section 3.1, which says:

Chairs SHOULD periodically consult with document editors ++and the Working Group++ to ensure that policies are effective.

The extra piece here is in https://github.com/ietf-gitwg/using-github/pull/53